Second Day of Biking

okay so this is how it went down:

first day went great. we had overcast or sunshine most of the day ending with a slight mist. we encountered a couple of hills that were taxing but not impossible, even with a heavy trailer behind me. Without the trailer the bike is much MUCH easier to ride. We stopped at Nehalem State beach park where we pitched the tents underneath some trees, made dinner in the light rain, and promptly passed out. At this point the light mist turned into a steady downpour that would last late into the next day. George and my Dad were to have a good nights sleep and wake up rested and DRY. Liz and I on the other hand were to experience a slightly different night. It is best told in dialogue form:

Jeff: (Jeff is awaken with his left side soaking) Liz, hey can you scoot over a bit because Im soaking here against the wall.
Liz: (A little wet as well) I can't, im soaking too.
Jeff: Really? (Flashlight clicks on) Oh crap! There is a puddle of water next to both you and me.
Liz: (groans...)
Jeff: Okay, im going to go and restake our rainfly. (restaking...and return to tent)
Liz: The only dry parts were by our heads.
Jeff: Crap.
Liz: Lets just mop up what we can. (clean up continues for quite a while..........................................................................................................)
Jeff: Okay im going to get a get the campstove so we can heat this place up and get dry. (camp stove lit and somewhat drying); okay, thats as dry as its going to get. but we need to sleep and since your sleeping bag is the only dry one we are going to have to sleep in it together.
Liz: I dont think that will work.
Jeff: It will work.
Liz: How?
Jeff: OKay, im going to lay down on the bag and then you are going to lay on top of me, ill start the zipper and then you will finish zipping. (carry out plan and it surprisingly works, however...) Liz I can't breathe.
Liz: Well what should we do?
Jeff: We have to spoon. (spend much effort rotating inside very tight sleeping bag and eventually reach this position, however now my arm in pinned under Liz and I have to wake up every 20 minutes or so to coax it back to life, Morning finnally arrives)
Dad: hey guys wake up@! (Jeff relates story)

After the hectic night we rode to Tillamook, in the rain, and decided to spend the remainder of the day and the night in a Best Western to dry things out.

Hopefully the next day will prove better for riding conditions and we will be able to get far down the rode.

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